I walked a different way through the neighborhood today and saw some more street art. I think that’s one of my favorite things about exploring a new place is seeing the community artwork that’s around. I found a very cool free little library at the base of some very steep steps. There was also a…

Exciting start to the day. When I got home last night there was a sign on the door that some of the streets in the neighborhood would be blocked off at certain times on Friday because they would be filming scenes for a TV series, À propos d’Antoine. I had no idea if I’d see any…

Today I decided I needed to be in a more nature-oriented area, hopefully with less people so I took the bus to the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, a park with a huge waterfall (higher than Niagara Falls!). I spent most of the day walking around the falls and surrounding area. There was a group of…

I slept pretty well, the neighborhood seems to be a quiet family oriented one. Most of the sounds I heard were of kids walking to school on their own or with their parents. Flavie’s sweet cat came and sat in my bed as I got ready. I had a cup of tea on the terrace,…

Tuesday was a travel day for me. Took the bus from my Airbnb to downtown Sherbrooke where I caught the Limocar bus from Sherbrooke to Montreal. Then it was a half hour walk through Montreal going past the neighborhood I’ll be staying at when I come back next week and to the train station to…

The Airbnb I stayed in had donkey milk shampoo which I of course had to try. I liked it, made my hair feel very soft.  I had some nice strolls around the neighborhood, saw more beautiful houses and trees and a group of preschoolers out on a walk. Before I left Sherbrooke I went to…

I did my final farm chores and milking of the goats this morning. I’m sad to leave the farm, I’ve really enjoyed my time here and felt I was getting into a good rhythm. I would definitely love to come back, especially when the new baby goats come in February or March, maybe I can…

After morning chores and breakfast, Nina and I went down to the river to check on her sheepskins, which looked really good. Then we headed over to Max’s place and I got a tour of his amazing little studio home. He’s built it by himself all from salvaged wood and other items. The house is…

I promise I won’t keep putting a whole bunch of sunrise pictures in my posts, today because they were deer out in the field when I woke up. I also took a selfie with the sunrise reflected in the window behind me.  Brittany and Noé went for a horseback ride last night and found a…

Brittany‘s tiny house is coming along really well. They’ve put wood slats on the ceiling of the bedroom and added the pole for the spiral staircase that leads up to the bedroom. Part of the log that they used had really cool mushrooms on it and they’ve left them incorporated in. Now they’re busy putting…